Rogers High School (Toledo, Ohio)

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Robert S. Rogers High School
Rogers High School
Motto:	A place where everybody is somebody
Established:	1956
Type:	Public School
Principal:	Mr. Tony L. Brashear
Students:	1140 (estimated)
Location:	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Colors:	Red and White
Mascot:	Bunky the Ram
Website:	http://tps.org/index.cfm?Article=339&SecName=30

Rogers High School is located in west Toledo, Ohio, United States. It is also known as Robert S. Rogers High School. It has been part of Toledo Public Schools since 1964, when Adams Township was annexed by the city. The school motto is "A place where everybody is somebody." As of 2006, the school principal is Tony Brashear.

Contents 1 History of Rogers High School 2 The New Building (2006-present) 3 Administration 4 Rogers Athletics 4.1 Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships 5 School organizations and clubs 6 School songs 7 Notable alumni 8 Notable staff 9 RHS Hall of Fame 10 References

[edit] History of Rogers High School

In 1938, Toledo native Robert S. Rogers was elected to the Adams Township School Board. Frustrated by the fact that the township’s teens were forced to attend high school in neighboring districts, Rogers advocated construction of a township high school – not just for the sake of convenience, but to create community in the township.

Rogers died in 1944, but his dream came to fruition in 1956 when 500 students walked into the school named after him at the corner of Nebraska Ave. and McTigue Drive. At the time, it was everything educators, students, and families could want for their suburban, nearly rural, community. Rogers High indeed provided a common identity for the Adams Township community – to the point where Joseph’s Supermarket donated a rambunctious live ram (“Bunky”) as the school’s mascot!

What Rogers couldn’t have dreamed was the growth of the neighborhoods flanking Reynolds Road as Toledo’s economy boomed after World War II. By 1964, Adams Township entered into an annexation agreement with the City of Toledo, and in 1966 Rogers High School was reborn as a Toledo Public School – complete with a million dollar expansion that included the city’s only high school planetarium, a spacious library, cafeteria, and a gargantuan West Gymnasium that was the envy of the City League. In the late 1960s, the school absorbed many of the students of the former Spencer-Sharples High School several miles to the west.

As the children of the post-war Baby Boom grew, so did Rogers High School. By the 1970s, Rogers had adopted a split schedule to accommodate some 2,400 students. In 1976, the building was expanded a third time with the state-of-the-art Rogers Skills Center added onto the front of the building.

Demolition of the old Rogers High School began in October 2007. Work is expected to be complete by February 2008.

[edit] The New Building (2006-present)

The school that had served so many so well entered the 1990s ill-equipped to handle the technological needs of a 21st century education. In 2004, ground was broken for a new Rogers High School, just across the newly-improved football field from the existing school. Designed to accommodate modern technology, the new building brought Robert S. Rogers’ pre-war dream of a top-notch educational facility into the 21st century. An 800-seat theater, computer projection technology, modern science labs, the city’s TPS Construction Careers Academy, and dedicated rooms for music and the arts were among the improvements in the 225,654-square-foot (20,963.9 m²) facility.

The new building pays homage to Rogers traditions, including a Red Ram Inn, Rogers Athletic Hall of Fame, and stone relief sculptures from the front of the old building that have been integrated in the main lobby. A new synthetic eight-lane track allows the school to host city and state events for the first time in Rogers’ storied track and field history.

[edit] Administration

Principal
Tony L. Brashear

Assistant Principals
Curriculum - Michael Cowan
Pupil Personnel - Ken Rosplohowski
Activities - Kelly Welch

Deans
Nate Spitulski
Melissa Zervas

Counselors
Guidance Director -Ward Ensign
Trudie Neely
Lisa Wehrmeister

[edit] Rogers Athletics

Boys athletic teams are known as the Rams, with girls teams competing as the Lady Rams. The school's teams compete in the Toledo City League, with football competing at the OHSAA Division 2 level.

• Girls Fast-pitch softball
• Boys Baseball
• Boys & Girls Basketball
• Boys & Girls Cross Country
• Boys & Girls Tennis
• Boys & Girls Track (City League Boys Champions 1996, 2000)
• Boys & Girls Golf
• Boys Soccer
• Girls Volleyball
• Football (City League Champions 2001; State Playoffs 2001, 2005)
• Bowling
• Wrestling

[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Girls Track and Field - 1977^[1]

[edit] School organizations and clubs